The Oil Ministry's contract chief talks about terminating the Mansuriya deal, the process ahead for approving bidding round five projects, and the future of Majnoon.
Interviews
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Southern Iraq's top gas official discusses initiatives to end flaring, increase electricity to Basrawi citizens, and wean Iraq from Iranian gas imports.
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Ismaael talks about IOC and BOC oil production growth, projects to reduce gas flaring, and the status of crucial infrastructure development.
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Iraq's oil marketing chief discusses rising export capacity, OPEC dynamics, oil trading joint ventures, and the status of a nascent hedging program.
Q&A: Sami al-Araji, chairman of the National Investment Commission
The country's top investment official discusses his efforts to follow up the Kuwait reconstruction conference and continue generating interest in Iraq.
Q&A: Brig. Gen. Ali Hussein Hilal al-Mayahi, director of South Oil Police
As protests re-gain momentum at key oil sites in Basra, Mayahi details the network of government forces providing security and the challenges they face.
Q&A: Abdul Mahdy al-Ameedi, head of Iraq’s oil contracts
Despite operating under a caretaker Cabinet, the Oil Ministry's contracting chief is trying to sustain momentum on the 5th bidding round and other major projects.
Q&A: Gary Vogler
The longest-serving American in Iraq's oil sector gives an insider's account of tactical victories, strategic blunders, and hidden agendas in post-2003 reconstruction.
Q&A: Kamaran Barwari, New Generation party leader in Dohuk
One of Kurdistan's new political parties is challenging the ruling KDP in its traditional stronghold of Dohuk.
Q&A: Rafat Abdullah, PUK politburo member from Kirkuk
A leading member of the PUK in Kirkuk discusses his expectations for Kurdish electoral turnout in disputed territories and post-election dynamics in Baghdad.
Q&A: Karim al-Nouri, candidate with the Fatah list
A senior figure in the Badr Organization running on Hadi al-Amiri's Fatah list discusses his expectations for national elections.
Q&A: Zuhair Muhssein al-Araji, mayor of Mosul and parliamentary candidate
The war against IS has created immense, unmet reconstruction challenges - and reshuffled the electoral landscape in Iraq's second-largest city.
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